People v. Winfield

Following a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Kankakee County, Herman Winfield, defendant-appellant, was found guilty of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and of disobeying a traffic signal. On appeal, defendant contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, and particularly that the results of breath analysis tests administered to him were improperly considered by the trial court to be the “crux” of its determination that he was guilty of driving while intoxicated.

Defendant’s arrest followed an accident in which the car defendant was driving…